Provides analysts with the tools and context for working critically within psychoanalytic theory and practice through chapters on some of the philsophers whose work is especially relevant for contemporary theory and clinical writing.

Provides analysts with the tools and context for working critically within psychoanalytic theory and practice through chapters on some of the philsophers whose work is especially relevant for contemporary theory and clinical writing.

Explores in a way the intersubjective nature of psychoanalysis, looking at the role of the psychoanalyst's subjectivity, both how it influences and is influenced by the psychoanalytic relationship. This title captures the profound ways in which analyst and patient affect each other. It is suitable for theorists, academics and clinicians alike.

Explores in a way the intersubjective nature of psychoanalysis, looking at the role of the psychoanalyst's subjectivity, both how it influences and is influenced by the psychoanalytic relationship. This title captures the profound ways in which analyst and patient affect each other. It is of interest to theorists, academics and clinicians alike.

Provides psychoanalysts with information on how to work with medication theoretically, clinically, and technically in the context of a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic treatment. This book also discusses evidence that a change in the use of medication has taken place and an examination of the factors that have led to this shift.

Addresses the ways in which adolescent experience is transmuted into creative artistic production, as well as focuses on the relationship between creativity and psychopathology, and treatment for troubled adolescents. This volume examines a young boy's creation of his own story of Polyphemus.

Introduces readers to modalities such as craniosacral therapy and polarity therapy, as well as to use of yoga, the usefulness of which can be grounded neurophysiologically. This book also discusses somatic interventions, the extent to which they can promote depth-psychological change outside the psychoanalytic consulting room.

The prospect that the psychiatric profession has hurt rather than helped many of its patients is disheartening; however, wrong diagnoses and improper treatment are all too common errors within the field. This book presents a look into how psychiatry has failed a great majority of patients, recognizing the valiant efforts made by psychiatrists.